Ozarks Technical Community College Dental Hygiene Instructor Lisa Miles has always focused on healthy teeth and gums, but, she admits, the rest of her body wasn’t healthy. It wasn’t until she found a half-completed BetterU application in her inbox that she decided to do something about it. “To this day, I still have no idea…
You’ve narrowed your college choices down to a handful of schools (hopefully OTC!) and now you have to figure out how to pay for it. What do you do? Follow the advice of OTC financial aid experts Kim Cary and Linda Johns. You aren’t the first person to have questions about the enrollment process. But…
Traveling abroad is only a dream to many students, but for several Ozarks Technical Community College students, this dream will soon become a reality. Students taking CRM 295 – Study Abroad: Comparative Criminal Justice will embark on an eight-day trip to London, England this May to track the evolution of the British legal system. During…
SPRINGFIELD, MO — More than 2,200 students in the Missouri graduating class of 2017 sent their ACT test scores to Ozarks Technical Community College according to a report released by the American College Testing Program (ACT). In total, 2,288 students who graduated from Missouri high schools in 2017 sent their scores to OTC, which makes…
This Saturday, OTC STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Scholars will step out of the classroom and into the community for a hands-on service-learning project that will benefit both the community and the environment. Earlier this summer, the campus organization adopted a portion of Jordan Creek, from Chestnut Expressway to Silver Springs Park through the…
The OTC Fine Arts Department’s annual production of Joe Landry’s stage play “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” will hold auditions on Sept. 13 and 14 for the festive annual holiday production at 7 p.m. in ICE Room 350 on the OTC Springfield Campus. It’s an opportunity that you won’t want to miss.…
Hi everyone! How is the semester going, so far? Good? Great? Even with the semester going so successfully, did you know that it could get even better? Ozarks Technical Community College has complied seven hacks that will simplify your life as a student. By doing these simple things, you can focus on becoming successful –…
SPRINGFIELD, MO — Most people recognize the following sentence: “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution…
A wise Bono once said, “To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.” OTC has found truth in those words and, following the U2 lead singer’s message, the institution’s MOSAIC Diversity and Inclusion Team will promote positivity during Loving Diversity Week…
Are you a high school student thinking about attending OTC? If so, Discover OTC and the Fall Picnic are the perfect opportunity to see what we are all about. What is the Fall Picnic? The picnic celebrates the fall semester with tasty food and fun activities for the entire community to enjoy, including both current and…
College debt can put anyone in a real funk. Fortunately, for Maddie Funk, a dental hygiene student at Ozarks Technical Community College, she will graduate debt-free thanks to an A+ scholarship, smart choices and a lot of hard work. Funk, a Kansas City native, graduated from Staley High School in the North Kansas City School…